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A writer and artist dedicated to multiple genres, Meg Pontecorvo earned an MFA in Poetry Writing from Washington University in St. Louis and is a 2010 graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop. Meg has published a novelette, “Grounded,” in Asimov’s, and her artwork in collage and pen has been featured in experimental video performances in the Bay Area. A native of Philadelphia, she grew up in the Midwest and now shares a small apartment with her partner and cats in San Francisco, where she cooks in a tech free kitchen, but dreams of having a kitchen like the one she imagined in her novella, MURDER IN THE GENERATIVE KITCHEN.

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	Analog Science Fiction & Fact, March/April 2021 by Trevor Quachri (Editor), Catherine Wells, Meg Pontecorvo (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder in the Generative Kitchen 3.31 avg rating — 35 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Asimov's Science Fiction, October/November 2013 by Sheila Williams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Charlie Jane Anders (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Meg Pontecorvo (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.47 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“If it’s sentient, does that mean it has a soul?” Mrs. Hollins startled. “Why no. What a mad idea! Lots of beings of Mind are lacking in Soul. Surely you’ve seen politicians on the news.”
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